23.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in New Park than across the state. This is a community where 23% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits well above the national average of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care is much more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of people in New Park volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 19.5% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with higher rates of people caring for children unpaid (28.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week.
19.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A small number of residents, about 2.6%, have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in New Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12954/new-park/topic/community